Photorefractive glass and optical elements made therefrom

• Main Authors: BORRELLI NICHOLAS F, SCHROEDER JOESEPH F, HARES GEORGE B
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 30.10.2007
• Subjects: CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES, OR VITREOUSENAMELS; CHEMISTRY; GLASS; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS; METALLURGY; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS,MINERALS OR SLAGS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS

The present invention provides an alkali alumino-silicate Na-F-containing glass material and a method of making the alkali alumino-silicate Na-F-containing glass material, with the glass material capable of being made photosensitive and thus formed into optical elements at wavelengths ranging betwee...